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Burnaby Hospital

In research, Burnaby Hospital stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,907 of 17,446 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,953 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,467
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#122
of 718
Research works
412
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Burnaby Hospital

What is Burnaby Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,907 of 17,446 7.7%141
Health SciencesDomain #4,953 of 16,688 6.1%124

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Burnaby Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Burnaby Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Burnaby Hospital is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 41.7% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 37.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 14.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBurnaby Hospital60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2337.2%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    1. Engineering814.0%
    2. Computer Science46.4%
    3. Environmental Science24.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy23.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.5%
    6. Chemistry11.4%
    7. Mathematics11.4%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences34.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities23.4%
    3. Psychology23.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.92×1 works
  2. Nursing2.33×1 works
  3. Medicine1.94×22 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.77×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.27×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.18×2 works
  7. Mathematics1.17×1 works
  8. Psychology1.05×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×1 works
  10. Engineering0.94×8 works
  11. Chemistry0.88×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.86×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.83×4 works
  14. Environmental Science0.82×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×2 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×1 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.37×3 works
  20. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  21. Energy0.30×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Burnaby Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Min Du, Vincent H Mabasa and Andrei Moldavanov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Burnaby Hospital.

  1. 1 Min Du Canada · #1,282,307 worldwide 201 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Vincent H Mabasa Canada · #2,735,080 worldwide 827 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Andrei Moldavanov Canada · #4,816,124 worldwide 71 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Burnaby Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Burnaby Hospital?

The most cited paper from Burnaby Hospital is "Stability of amine-functionalized CO 2 adsorbents: a multifaceted puzzle" (Masoud Jahandar Lashaki, Soheil Khiavi, Abdelhamid Sayari, 2019), with 464 citations. Next come "Enhanced energy-storage performance with excellent stability under low electric fields in BNT–ST relaxor ferroelectric ceramics" (417) and "The role of tectonic damage and brittle rock fracture in the development of large rock slope failures" (385).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stability of amine-functionalized CO 2 adsorbents: a multifaceted puzzle Masoud Jahandar Lashaki, Soheil Khiavi, Abdelhamid Sayari · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2019 464
2 Enhanced energy-storage performance with excellent stability under low electric fields in BNT–ST relaxor ferroelectric ceramics Weigang Ma, Yiwei Zhu, Mohsin Ali Marwat et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 Dec 2018 417
3 The role of tectonic damage and brittle rock fracture in the development of large rock slope failures Marc-André Brideau, Ming Yan, Doug Stead · Geomorphology 7 May 2008 385
4 A review on the development of lead-free ferroelectric energy-storage ceramics and multilayer capacitors Haibo Zhang, Wei Tian, Qi Zhang et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry C Open access 2020 359
5 Sexual function in men and women with neurological disorders Peter McA. Rees, Clare J. Fowler, Cornelis P. Maas · The Lancet Feb 2007 345
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Burnaby Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionizing Radiation, Radiation Exposure, Occupational Exposure, Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Risk, Computed Tomography, Reconstruction and Epidemiology.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 1.52×22 topics
  2. Deep Learning3▲ 1.22×8 topics
  3. Cancer2▲ 2.6×6 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.8×10 topics
  5. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Radiation Exposure2▲ 34×2 topics
  7. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 1.39×15 topics
  9. Occupational Exposure2▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Cancer Risk2▲ 12×1 topic
  11. Computed Tomography2▲ 62×1 topic
  12. Reconstruction2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Environmental Impact2▲ 1.56×5 topics
  14. Quality of Life2▲ 1.88×9 topics
  15. Heart Failure2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  16. Neural Networks1▲ 1.55×6 topics
  17. Telemedicine1▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Treatment1▲ 1.84×7 topics
  19. COVID-191▲ 1.60×7 topics
  20. Dual-Energy CT1▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Imaging1▲ 9.2×1 topic
  22. Machine Learning1▼ 0.62×4 topics
  23. Material Differentiation1▲ 54×1 topic
  24. PET/CT1▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Classification1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  26. Climate Change1▼ 0.70×7 topics
  27. Guidelines1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  28. Diagnosis1▲ 2.0×7 topics
  29. Arrhythmia Detection1▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  31. ECG Signal1▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Ethnomusicology1▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Metabolism1▲ 3.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Burnaby Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiation Dose and Imaging, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging and ECG Monitoring and Analysis.

Radiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…1ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…1Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksPotassium and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 1 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineControl and Systems Engineering5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Burnaby Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Burnaby Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Burnaby Hospital0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Burnaby Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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